Jordan Subpoenas Garland Over Alleged Capitol Hill Surveillance
DOJ officials may have abused surveillance authorities to search private communications of offices on Capitol Hill in 2017, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, wrote Tuesday, issuing a subpoena for Attorney General Merrick Garland. According to Jordan, Google informed…
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the former chief investigative counsel to then-Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, that DOJ “subpoenaed Google in 2017 for the staffer's personal phone records and emails during the period when [Grassley] was conducting vigorous oversight of the Department's handling of the so-called Steele dossier.” Jordan said Google’s response suggests DOJ sought communications of Senate staffers from both parties during oversight of the same issue. The committee needs to better understand DOJ’s legal process in seeking these communications, which could inform legislative proposals about the department’s notice requirements when seeking such information, said Jordan. DOJ didn’t comment.